How do they match: Nurse Midwives

  • Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care.
  • Establish practice guidelines for specialty areas such as primary health care of women, care of the childbearing family, and newborn care.
  • Explain procedures to patients, family members, staff members or others.
  • Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, health care teams, or the community.
  • Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms.
  • Write information in medical records or provide narrative summaries to communicate patient information to other health care providers.

  • Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.